Child development and social policy : knowledge for action / edited by J. Lawrence Aber [and others].

Format
Book
Language
English
Εdition
1st ed.
Published/​Created
Washington, DC : American Psychological Association, [2007], ©2007.
Description
xvii, 311 pages : illustrations ; 27 cm.

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    Series
    Bibliographic references
    Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
    Contents
    • 1. Child development research and public policy : triumphs and setbacks on the way to maturity / Deborah A. Phillips and Sally J. Styfco
    • 2. Policy looking to research / Olivia Golden
    • 3. Bridging the gap between research and child policy change : the role of strategic communications in policy advocacy / Janice Gruendel and J. Lawrence Aber
    • 4. Data for a democracy : the evolving role of evaluation in policy and program development / Kathleen McCartney and Heather B. Weiss
    • 5. Forty years of research knowledge and use : from Head Start to early Head Start and beyond / John M. Love, Rachel Chazan-Cohen and Helen Raikes
    • 6. Beyond baby steps : promoting the growth and development of U.S. child-care policy / Susan Muenchow and Katherine W. Marsland
    • 7. From visions to systems of universal prekindergarten / W. Steven Barnett, Kirsty C. Brown, Matia Finn-Stevenson and Christopher Henrich
    • 8. Strategies to ensure that no child starts from behind / Deborah Stipek and Kenji Hakuta
    • 9. Poverty and child development : new perspectives on a defining issue / J. Lawrence Aber, Stephanie M. Jones and C. Cybele Raver
    • 10. Intervention and policy implications of research on neurobiological functioning in maltreated children / Dante Cicchetti
    • 11. The sexually mature teen as a whole person : new directions in prevention and intervention for teen pregnancy and parenthood / Joseph P. Allen, Victoria Seitz and Nancy H. Apfel
    • 12. Children in foster care / Ellen E. Pinderhughes, Brenda Jones Harden and Amanda E. Guyer
    • 13. Parent education : lessons inspired by Head Start / LaRue Allen, Anita Sethi, Sheila Smith and Jennifer Astuto
    • 14. Mental health : a neglected partner in the healthy development of young children / Kathryn Taaffe McLearn, Jane Knitzer and Alice S. Carter
    • 15. Family support : a force for change / Sharon Lynn Kagan and Bernice Weissbourd
    • 16. Using the Web to disseminate research and affect public policy / Fred Rothbaum, Nancy F. Martland and Sandra J. Bishop-Josef
    • Epilogue : combining basic and applied science in constructing sound social policy / Edward F. Zigler.
    ISBN
    1591474256
    LCCN
    2006001679
    International Article Number
    • 9781591474258
    RCP
    C - S
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